Detachable button and safety-pin.



F. E. WILLIAMS.

DETACHABLE BuTToN AND SAFETY PIN.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 2?, 1910.

Patented June 1, 1915.

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DETACI-IIBLE BUTTON AND SAFETY-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 1, 1915.

Application led October 27, 1910. Serial No. 589,463.

T0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK EVERETT WIL- LrAMs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Alhambra, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Detachable Button andSafety-Pin, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is applicable to buttons, brooches, scarf pins, safetypins and like devices for fastening fabrics, and the object is toprovide a cheap, simple and easily manufactured device of this characterwhich can be secured in place to the fabric with maximum ease andconvenience and which is not liable to become accidentally detached, andin which the body of the pin will lie flat and snug against the cloth orother material to which the pin is attached.

The invention may be carried out in various forms.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention in some of the formsin which I have embodied it.

Figure 1 is aperspective view of a button or safety pin constructed inaccordance with this invention in one of its forms. The pin is shownopen in solid lines and closed in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a transversesection on line m2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line003, Fig. 1, showing in solid lines at (b) the device with pin open andinserted in but not fastened to a fabric. Dotted lines indicate theposition (a) upon starting to insert the pin. and the position (c) whenfastened. 'In this View an ornamental cap incloses the body shown inFigs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view of a blank corresponding incharacter to those from which the bodies shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5may be bent up. Fig. 5 is a view of a narrow form especially adapted forsafety pins, beauty pins and the like.

In carrying out this invention l employ a pin formed with a smoothU-shaped loop and having a head directly at one end of the U and a pointat the other end, and a body to which the pin is movably connected insuch a manner that the pin when adjusted in one position will projectbeyond the edge of the body so that the loop may be hooked into thefabric to which the button is to be fastened, and then by relativemovement between the body and pin the point of the pin may be broughtadjacent the body so that the body forms a stop or a practical closurefor the pin to prevent removal of the fabric from the pin andconsequently the pin from the fabric.

Referring to the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 the body 1 is formedwith a slot 2 extending from one edge of the body toward the other edge;and in this slot the looped pin 3 is mounted to slide; there being a way4 within the body adjacent the slot to chamber the head 5 of the pin,and the slot and way being of sufficient length to allow the head tomove sufficiently far away from the edge to bring the point into theslot so that the body may practically close all the space between theends of the loop. The shank of the pin is directly at the extreme edgeof the head toward the open end of the slot so that when the head is atthe open end of the slot the entire length of the pin will substantiallyproject from the slot in order that the pin may be inserted with imaximum ease through the article to be fastened. Retaining means areprovided to prevent accidental displacement of the pin from its closedand also from its open position. Such means may be variously formed andin Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5 are made by swaging portions of the body as at 6and 7 to form stops to engage the head with slight resilient force whenin the closed and open positions respectively. The body 1 is formed of asingle blank shown in Fig. 4 havingat one end a projecting tang 8 and atthe other end two projecting tangs 9 and at its edges extended recesses10 which have a combined width practically equal to the diameter of thepin 3. In manufacture the blank is bent longitudinally along lines 12 toforni the front plate of the body in the form of wings that respectivelyoverlap the back 13 between said lines so as to bring the projectingedges 14 of the wings together thus forming the slot 2 by means of theextended recesses. This construction provides a body for the devicewhich can be produced at minimum cost and in which the pin may be easilyand securely mounted. Before the wings are bent they are swaged to formthe retaining means 6, 7 at the. edges of the recesses 10 and before thewings are fully bent over toward the back, the head 5 of the pin will bepositioned on the back, so that when the wings are bent home the head ofthe pin will be between the wings and the back; or, if desired the wingsmay be first bent and then the pin inserted into the slot with itsheadin the way. After the pin has thus been accommodated in the body, thetangs 8, 9, will be bent over upon the wings thus to complete the bodyand hold the wings and pin in lace.

Y j n the form shown in Fig. 5 the construc- Vtion and manner ofmanufacture 1s practically the same as that just described, the blankbeing narrower so that the safety pin there shown differs from thedevice shown in Fig. l merely in width of the body.

An ornamental cap l5 may be applied to these forms as indicated in Fig.3.

rIhe point of the pin in the closed position in all the forms is broughtadjacent the body, and the retainers prevent the pin from working tooloosely relative to the body.

' It is understood that the size and proportions of the parts maybevaried as desired for the various purposes to which the iny ventionmay be applied. In the drawings thesize of the Ydevices is exaggeratedfor clearness of illustration, beyond that in which they will ordinarilybe made.

In the form shown, the body forms a handle rigid with the pin so that bygrasping the body the extended smooth circular loop of the pin-may bemost readily inserted in the fabric, being turned as in Fig. 3, and thenby sliding the body along the pin the fastening is effected.

The safety pin and button may be employed as afbrooch, scarf pin,trousers button or badge, or for fastening two edges offabricstogether'and the form of the body maybe such as desired for theuse in view.

The shank 34 of the smooth regular loop of the pin is preferablyarranged at one side of the head, so thatV the shank may be brought'close to the edge of the body so that the pin may be thus opened to itsfullestextent.

By providing inthe pin a smooth practicallyregular U-shaped loopextending from point to head, the facility with which the button orbrooch may be attached and de- Copies of this patent may' be obtainedfor tached is increased, and when attached, the body of the button orbrooch may be fiat against the material through which the pin has beeninserted, thus giving a neater appearance and increasing the securityagainst being torn off. When the pin is extended the entire loop thereofis open from point to head and when the pin is retracted the body formsa closure extending across the loop from shank to point, so that thefacility with which the pin may be inserted when extended is maximizedand the brooch rests flat against the material when the pin isretracted.

I claim 1. The combination with a looped pin having a head and a point,of a body formed of a back and two wings; said wings being provided withrecesses and folded over the back to form a slot, and said pin beingarranged with its head between the wings and the back and adapted toslide in the slot to open and close the pin; and means forming a stop toresiliently engage the head.

2. A device of the class set forth comprising a looped pin having a headand a point, and a body composed of a plate having a back, wingsprovided with recesses and bent over the back to cover the head and toform a slot for the pin, and tangs bent over the wings to hold them inplace.

3. A device of the class set forth comprising a looped pin having a headand a point, and a body composed of a plate having a back, wingsprovided with recesses and bent over the back to cover the head and toform a slot for the pin and tangs bent over the wings to hold them inplace, said rccesses being bent to form resilient means to prevent toofree movement of the pin.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles,California, this 20th day of October, 1910.

FRANK E. WILLIAMS.

In presence of JAMES R. TowNsEND, OLIVE DIFFENDERFER.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.C.

